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Terah Father of Abraham, the Man Who Stopped at Haran
About Terah
Terah fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran in Ur of the Chaldeans. He set out for Canaan with Abram, Sarai and his grandson Lot, but settled at Haran and died there at 205. The journey his son completed was one Terah began and left unfinished.
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Starting Is Not Arriving
Terah left Ur for Canaan and stopped at Haran, halfway, and stayed there until he died. Scripture never blames him for it, but it never lets the detail go either: the same road, walked by his son, ended somewhere else. Good beginnings are not the same thing as finished journeys.
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